Total sheep livestock reached 8,920 '000 in 2014 in Mauritania, according to Faostat.
This is
1.98 %
less than
in the previous year.

Historically, total sheep livestock in Mauritania reached an all time high of 9,100 '000 in 2013 and an all time low of 3,500 '000 in 1974.
When compared to Mauritania's main peers, total sheep livestock
in Algeria amounted to 24,017 '000, 12,468 '000 in Mali, 18,589 '000 in Morocco and 5,658 '000 in Senegal in 2014.

Mauritania has been ranked 35th within the group of 166 countries we follow in terms of total sheep livestock,
2 places behind the position seen 10 years ago.